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LONG LAKE PARK The Long Lake Park site is a 109 acre area immediately east of Long Lake and west of the Minnesota Transfer Railway .tracks. The land is primarily"upland with well drained, light, sandy soils. Most of the land has been formed or adversely impacted in other ways by excavation, buildings, industrial use and most recently by .vandalism and off-the-road vehicles. The primary objectives in development of this site will have to be restor- anon of the land and carefully designed and constructed facilities that will not themselves destroy the site. Ramsey County owns approximately 86 acres located between the rail- road tracks and Old Highway 8. This site also has some of the same problems and development constraints as the. Long Lake site. The two parcels are currently included in the Regional Park System and have been jointly planned as such. This planning has been done by Ramsey County under a joint powers agreement with the City. There has been considerable discussion regarding the possibility of the City operating the park as a city park. This option has not been precluded by the City's action to date and, in fact, was the City's intention when the site was originally purchased. If • the City were to choose this option, there would likely be consider- ably less intensive development than for that of a regional park. A major area of contention regarding development in this park has been use of the lake and the lake shore. The issue is one of attempting to balance the rights of homeowners on the lake with those of others desiring to use the lake for recreational purposes. This issue will be equally difficult to resolve regardless whether the park is developed as a regional or local facility. Some minimal development will occur in 1981 with more extensive development likely to begin in 1982. 2/26 •